The Great Witch regained consciousness on the night of August 19, but her body was still weak. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info She wanted to recuperate for a while and then go to Xiaoxiao to seek revenge, but after seeing Ercao Seventeen, who had lost her entire right arm, she immediately struggled to sit up, and was about to eat Xiaoxiao alive.

"I cut off this arm myself." Ercao Seventeen stopped her and said, "First sister, the Black Shrine is over, and martial arts are no longer of any use to me, and if my right arm is gone, it's gone." ”

"But—"

"I only have one sister left now, you."

Ercao Seventeen interrupted the Great Witch's words and said softly.

"From now on, you are no longer two grass one, and I am no longer two grass seventeen. You're the big sister, I'm the little sister, let's start a new life, okay? ”

Ercao Seventeen's words made the Great Witch's heart move, but she didn't agree immediately, but sat in place in a daze, muttering in her mouth.

"Your right arm...... My Black Shrine ...... Gone...... It's gone......"

"You still have me."

Nikusa Seventeen wrapped his left arm around the Great Shrine Maiden's body and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"I know, I've always known. You become cruel because you are afraid, and you want more because you are lonely. I shouldn't blame you, I shouldn't have deliberately ignored you for so many years...... It's all my fault that things are the way they are. You obviously want to protect me, but I stay away from you because you killed everyone...... It's all my fault. ”

"Nope! It's not your fault! No! The Great Witch shook her head desperately, "It's their fault!" It's their fault! ”

"Whoever is at fault, it's all in the past."

Ercao Seventeen wanted to tilt his head slightly towards the Great Witch and rubbed her cheek.

"You're still there, I'm still there, that's enough."

The Great Witch sniffed hard, held back her tears, and hugged Ercao Seventeen's body hard.

When Maier and Xiaoxiao appeared near the camp holding hands, the Great Witch and Ercao Seventeen walked hand in hand by the stream. The scar on the Great Witch's face was still there, but there was a lack of a hideous feeling.

When she saw Xiaoxiao, the Great Witch immediately showed a displeased expression. Ercao Seventeen smiled and shook her hand, and her face looked a little better.

"What are you going to do?"

Maier was wearing his own clothes this time, and he didn't wear a wig, and from the appearance, he and the women's version of him were completely two people. He hadn't spoken in front of the Great Witch and Erkusa Seventeen, so neither of them recognized him as the so-called "Miss Youkai".

"Of course I'm here to hear the story."

Xiaoxiao took Myer's hand and sat down in front of them.

"Let's talk! We are in a hurry! ”

Listen to the story?!

The Great Witch stared at her eyes in surprise, and Ercao Seventeen then remembered that when she and Xiaoxiao talked about the next few conditions, the Great Witch had fallen into a coma. After Ercao Seventeen explained succinctly, the Great Witch pursed her lips unhappily and pulled Ercao Seventeen to sit opposite Xiaoxiao and Maier.

"Are you really willing to let us go?"

The Great Witch's question made Xiaoxiao scoff, and she leaned to the right and leaned into Myer's arms.

"You and I are you, and you talk like a fart. If I tried to kill you, you'd burp 10,000 times, and you could still talk to me here? Do you have a brain? ”

Laughing and laughing, the continuous foul language made Maier can't help but knock on the top of her head. Xiaoxiao turned her face in shock, and wanted to ask Maier what he was doing, but after seeing Maier's dissatisfied expression, she could only stick out her tongue and admit it obediently.

After this, the Great Witch noticed the intimate movements of the two and asked with a frown.

"Where did you get this wild man?"

"Huh?! Wild men?! ”

As soon as Xiaoxiao heard this, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to stand up.

"You want to fight, don't you!?"

"Alright, alright, it's important to get down to business."

Mel hugged Xiaoxiao's body, although his strength was far less than Xiaoxiao, but Xiaoxiao let him stop him and lay down in Meier's arms.

"Hmph, you're lucky today!"

When she was at the Black Shrine, Xiaoxiao never dared to talk to the Great Witch like this, which couldn't help but give the Great Witch a feeling of being bullied by dogs in Pingyang. But Xiaoxiao didn't mean to do this to her, the big witch killed her whole family and tortured her for so many years, no matter how kind Xiaoxiao is, it is impossible to have no resentment at all. Now that she finally has a chance to vent, she naturally can't control her emotions.

Seeing that the Great Witch's face was pale, even if Ercao Seventeen whispered persuasion in her ear, it didn't get any better, so she said with a straight face.

"Two, we're just here to know what the relationship between Rimi Shrine and Black Shrine is, and we don't want to make a fuss. Now that we have promised to let you go and give you a new life, we will certainly keep our promise. But if you insist on not telling the truth and break the previous agreement, then we can only break our promise. ”

"But don't worry, we're not going to kill them all. We will not trouble you, but after that, your life and death will be left to your fate, and we will not provide you with any help or allow you to receive any resources from the Black Shrine. ”

Both the Great Witch and Ercao Seventeen are wounded, and if Maier and Xiaoxiao abandon them at such a time, they will probably have a very hard time, and they may even die in this forest.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. Mel's words softened the Great Witch's face slightly, and she gently patted Ercao Seventeen's thigh to signal her not to worry, and then asked Mel in her trademark hoarse voice.

"Why do you want to know these things?"

"Hmm...... That's a long story. ”

Maier told the Great Shrine Maiden about his experience of smashing dyed pottery at the Rima Shrine and then continued.

"If I hadn't seen the costume of the Shrine Maiden at the Shrine, I wouldn't have been so interested in the Witch. Later, by chance, I learned the inside story of some evil witches, and after that, I really wanted to solve this puzzle. Now I already know that the so-called 'grass characters' were all sent from the Rima Shrine, and the Rima Shrine and the Black Shrine have been secretly trading supplies, but these clues are not enough for me to solve this mystery. ”

"So you want to get the truth straight out of our mouths?"

"Exactly."

The Great Witch and Ercao Seventeen exchanged glances, and there was a deep helplessness in their eyes.

"Here's the thing—"

As soon as Ercao Seventeen was about to speak, the Great Witch raised her hand to interrupt her.

"I'll tell you about it."

The Great Shrine Maiden closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then spoke in a deep voice about the grievances between Rimi Shrine and the Black Shrine for one hundred and thirty-three years.

The story begins after the cataclysm.

From the cataclysm to the present, Rimi Shrine has recommended a total of two great shrine maidens. In other words, from the cataclysm to the present, there have only been three great shrine maidens at the Riya Shrine.

In the aftermath of the cataclysm, Mt. Rimi appeared on an unfamiliar plain. The town below the mountain was gone, and the town was the transit point for the Nagayama King to deliver supplies to the Rimiya Shrine, and its disappearance immediately sent the shrine into a panic.

Before the cataclysm, Ira's shrine maidens were not engaged in labor. Most of them don't know how to farm, and even witch costumes have to be ordered by merchants. At that time, the shrine maiden costumes at Riya Shrine were not as unadorned as they are now, and they could be supplied directly from King Nagayama, so they could wear very gorgeous shrine maiden costumes after taking office.

At that time, after appeasing the witches, the Great Witch immediately sent the War Witch to investigate the surroundings. The war shrine maidens did not return until two weeks later, and they reported to the Great Shrine Maiden about the situation of the surrounding forces, after which the Great Shrine Maiden immediately sent an envoy to Kamijin Prefecture, hoping that Kamijin Prefecture would be able to supply the shrine with supplies.

But Kamijin Prefecture at that time was not having a good time. Riya Shrine is the largest shrine in Nagayama Province, and there are so many shrines that Kamijin Prefecture can't afford to support so many shrines. So at that time, Kamijin Prefecture Cheng Wan refused the request of the Rimi Shrine, but he did not let the Rimi Shrine fend for itself, and took the initiative to send people to send seeds and farm tools to the Rimi Shrine, hoping that they would be self-reliant and tide over the difficulties.

Satomi Shrine received seeds and farm tools from Kamijin Prefecture and tried to cultivate fields in the mountains. However, after the cataclysm, the growth cycle of crops changed dramatically, and the necrosis rate of seeds and seedlings was greatly increased, and the yield was greatly reduced. The shrine maidens at Riya Shrine had never planted the land before, so they spent time and effort cultivating the land, planting seeds, watering and weeding, and although the crops were ripe after a month, they received very little harvest.

At this time, the food stock of the shrine had been eaten, and the harvest was not enough for them to spend the next month, so the Great Shrine Maiden could only send a messenger to Kamijin Prefecture again, hoping that Kamijin Prefecture would be able to fund them with some food. But Kamijin Prefecture is in the same trouble, and their situation is even worse.

The cataclysm occurred just as autumn was approaching, and the peasants' grain stocks were almost exhausted. After the cataclysm, most of the crops in the fields died, and the harvest was not even enough food for the farmers to feed until the next month, let alone pay taxes. When he saw a famine year, he was afraid that the peasants would rebel, so after the autumn harvest, he opened the granary and sold the grain at a low price. For those who can't afford to buy food, Shangjin County Cheng is to let them temporarily pay on credit.

The peasants of Kamiimamu Prefecture were accustomed to the solar terms of the Ira world, and after harvesting the grain, the land became idle. If it weren't for the news that the growth cycle of crops in the new world had been greatly shortened by the messenger of Riya Shrine, the farmers of Kamijin Prefecture would still be living an idle life as in previous years.

The news of the Rima Shrine helped Kamijin Prefecture a lot, and Kamijin Prefecture wanted to repay the favor, but found that the granary was almost empty by merchants and farmers. Shangjin County hurriedly closed the granary and sent people to buy grain from the market. When the merchants saw that the government came to collect grain, they took the opportunity to raise the price of grain, so that the people sent by Shangjin County to buy grain almost fainted after seeing the price of grain.

After that, Kamijin Prefecture began negotiations with the merchants. He wanted to threaten the merchants with force to sell the grain at a low price, but the merchants sent people to stuff hay into their granaries, sent people to guard them day and night with torches, and threatened Shangjin County Cheng that they would burn down the granaries as long as any officers and soldiers appeared outside their granaries.

At that time, Ercao 1 and 2 Grass 17 had not yet been born, and these things were told by the chief witch in the apprenticeship camp. By the time the story was told, the two were already indignant and hated these profiteers.

After that, the long witch didn't tell them the story. Later, the two were recommended as war witches and became the confidants of the second great witch of the Satoya Shrine after the cataclysm.

After that, the two learned the rest of the story.